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Function: To settle the account of John Singer Dexter with the U.S. for payments to soldiers of the RI line. Includes: Date of payment, name of payee, amount of each certificate, total amount due each soldier, soldier's signature and occasionally a sicp1ature to witness soldier's signature. Signatures were somet1mes made by heirs, attorneys, etc. This material has been microfilmed.

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Series consists of the name, address, color, military liability, and serial number (of unknown origin) of males ages 21-30.

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Weekly publications dedicated to military history & the United States Armed forces

Content Description Accession includes commissioning documents from the New York state militia and the Rhode Island Volunteers 7th Regiment.1. Photograph (carte-de-visite or CDV) presumed to be Captain Lewis Leavens. 2. Photograph (carte-de-visite or CDV) of J M Dyckman coat of arms (ZYT Bestendig "Be Constant") . 3. Lewis Leavens 2nd Lt. of Riflemen in the 18th Regiment 7th Brigade and 2nd Div. commission for New York State Militia, Nov. 23, 1854. 4. Lewis Leavens 1st Lt. in the 18th Regiment 7th...

Scope and Contents Records of Rhode Island forces organized & engaged in the service of the Union against Confederate forces, 1861 – 1865. Includes national, executive, & military correspondence & orders, commissions, appointments & resignations, enlistment, muster & descriptive rolls, bounty & pay receipts, morning and post guard reports, monthly returns, recruits forwarded, ordnance & equipment issued, special requisitions, clothing books, field reports of casualties &...

Scope and Contents Councils of War consisting of the Governor, members of the legislature & militia established to coordinante the manning, equipping & application of Rhode Island forces engaged during times of conflict or war. French & Indian War February 8, 1755, Committee of War appointed with “full power and authority during the recess of the General Assembly, to give out orders to such officers as may be appointed by the Assembly, for that...

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Includes Western Union telegram, Furlough order, and request for furlough

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Collection consists of personal memborabilia belonging to Harold G. Fletcher acquired during his serivice as Seargeant later Warrant Officer with the 118th Engineers Company B and HQ and Service Company, 43rd Infantry Division during the period of the 1930's through the 1950's

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Offices of Directory & Purveyer General of the Military Hospital, Surgeon & Physician General, Adjutant General, Quartermaster General, & Commissary General established, October 30, 1779, pursuant to “Act for Better Forming, Regulating & Conducting the Military Force of this State” (C#00210 – Acts & Resolves of the General Assembly, 1779 – 1780, Vol. 7 # 19; abstract, “Schedules”, October Session, p. 33)

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The President Abraham Lincoln tribute subscriptions consists of $1.00 donations made by Rhode Island residents to honor the memory of President Lincoln as part of a $100.00 tribute to be presented to Mrs. Lincoln and family by Governor James Y. Smith. Selected items include donations from Market Men of Providence, residents of East Providence and Pawtucket, employees of Sayles Bleachery, and the Bristol Steam Mill.

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Articles or services furnished by the Quartermaster General’s Department to Rhode Island military forces, governmental agencies, organizations or individuals engaged in federal service during the Civil War.

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Documents related to the service of men during the Revolutionary War. Included are: returns of companies, returns of officers of regiments, pay rolls, clothing accounts, and other documents which list individual names and relate other information about their service.

Scope and Contents Records of Rhode Island units organized & engaged in United States Service during hostilities with Spain, April 21 – August 12, 1898. Includes orders issued, correspondence & reports, volunteer enlistment / recruit examination records, muster & pay rolls, morning reports & compiled & consolidated service cards pertaining to the First Rhode Island US Volunteer Infantry stationed at Camp Russell A. Alger, VA, May – July, 1898; Camp George Gordon Meade, PA, August –...

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In 1908, Quartermaster General J.B. Alshire published 127 colored lithographic plates depicting each type of individual clothing and insignia (from head to foot) authorized for all officers and enlisted men of, and for all branches of the U.S. Army. These illustrations were based on the uniform regulations of 1907.

Scope and Contents Volunteer enrollments with State militia, attached chartered independent companies, National Guard, State Guard & Provision Companies of the State Guard Reserves. Includes age, residence, nativity, occupation, height, eye & hair color, complexion & signature or mark of applicant. May contain record of medical examination conducted, parent or guardian authorization or reference to prior enlistment or military service, etc. Rhode Island militia reorganized pursuant to...

Scope and Contents 19 scrapbooks Box 1 Vol 1 - Woonsocket - Decenber 12, 1941 - February 28, 1942 Vol 2 - Woonsocket - June 1, 1943 - September 20, 1943 Vol 2 - Johnston/North Providence, July 1, 1943 - January 10, 1944 Box 2 Vol 3 - Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, May 8, 1943 - September 29, 1943 Vol 3 - Woonsocket, North Smithfield, Burrillville, September 21, 1943 - December 24, 1943 Vol 4 - Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, September 30, 1943 - January 30, 1944 Box 3 Vol 4 - Woonsocket, North...